Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi has called for adopting modern beekeeping
\ntechniques and strengthening the capacity of honey producers by providing them advanced training
\nand skills to enhance the yield and quality of organic honey produced in Pakistan. <\/p>\n
He said that the Government would encourage and facilitate bee keepers by providing them loans
\nunder Prime Minister\u2019s Kamyab Jawan Program in addition to imparting advanced training in training
\ninstitutes like NAVTTC and TEVTA. The President gave these remarks while chairing a follow-up
\nmeeting on bee keeping and honey production, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today. The meeting was attended by
\nPresident All Pakistan Bee Keepers and Honey Dealers Association (APBKHDA), Mr Naeem Qasmi,
\nChairman Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Dr Muhammad Azeem Khan, Secretary of Forestry,
\nEnvironment and Wildlife Department of KPK, Mr Islam Zaib, Secretary Agriculture, Livestock,
\nFisheries and Cooperative Department of KPK, Mr Muhammad Israr and other senior officials of the
\nGovernment of Pakistan.
\nAddressing the meeting, the President said that Pakistan had enormous
\npotential to be one of the largest producers of honey as its climate and vegetation were suited to
\nthe production of premium quality honey. He underscored the need for strengthening and
\nimproving the bee keeping sector as it had great potential to provide employment to the people as
\nwell as earn foreign exchange. He expressed the hope that the Government\u2019s Ten Billion Tree
\nTsunami Program would help improve the beekeeping environment of the country to enhance the
\nproduction of quality honey. The President asked the relevant stakeholders to address the issues of
\nbeekeeping sector enabling them to increase the production and exports of honey. He also asked
\nthe stakeholders to initiate steps for facilitating and guiding the beekeepers by arranging training
\ncourses and workshops for them.
\nMr Naeem Qasmi briefed the meeting about the issues faced
\nby the beekeepers and highlighted the activities being undertaken by the association for the
\npromotion of Bee Keeping in Pakistan. The President assured the delegation of the Government\u2019s
\nsupport to facilitate the bee keepers and provide them enabling environment. President APBKHDA
\nthanked the President for his deep interest and support in facilitating and encouraging the bee
\nkeeping sector. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi has called for adopting modern beekeeping techniques and strengthening the capacity of honey producers by providing them advanced training and skills to enhance the yield and quality of organic honey produced in Pakistan. He said that the Government would encourage and facilitate bee keepers by providing them loans under Prime […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n